Hinge-support.



B. C. POTTS.

HINGE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED APR.24. I914 1,163,769. PatentedDec.14,1915.

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UNTTEED TATE PATENT @FFTQE BENJAMIN C. POTTS, OF MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH H. COATES, OE BERWYN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HINGE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915 Application filed April 24:, 1914. Serial No.834,042.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, BENJAMIN G. Form, acitizen of the United States, residing at Media, in the county ofDelaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulHinge-Support, of which. the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hinge supports.

An object of the invention is to provide simple and etlicient meanswhereby a screen door or other closure may be readily hung, taken down,for example at the end of the season, and re-hung in its originalposition without the employment of a special hinge and without thenecessity of removing the screws or other supporting means.

My invention comprises an improved form of screw, nail or similarsecuring element, a key or looking member cooperating therewith andother details of construction.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate merely by way of example apreferred form of my invention for use with a screen door, Figure 1 is aplan view showing portions of door and jamb and a standard hinge securedto the jamb by my improved securing means. Fig. 2 is a section on 2-2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of my im-- proved screw. Fig. l is aperspective View of the key cooperating with the slotted securingelements. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified form of securing element.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The spring hinge, 8, shown in Fig. l is of the usual type and isprovided with screwreceiving openings 9. Securing elements or posts 10,suitably slotted as shown at 11 to receive the tapered key 12, areadapted to be inserted in j amb 13 at points registering with the upperand lower screw openings of leaf element 14 of the hinge when the sameis in operative position against the jamb. These posts 10 are ofsuiiicient length to permit their insertion into the jamb for asubstantial distance with their outer slotted ends projecting asubstantial distance from the jamb, as shown in Fig. 2. They are arranged with slots 11 in alinement and the hinge is slipped upon them andback against the j amb, with the posts fitting closely within the screwopenings. Key or retainer 12, provided at its upper end with head orshoulder 15, is then slipped down through slots 11 in posts 10. Byrepeating the operation at the other end of the door it will be securedfirmly in position. As indicated in Fig. 2, edge 17 of key 12 is adaptedto lie in a plane parallel with the plane of the main extension of thehinge and to engage with the raised portions 16 of its face at eachsideof screw openings 9. The opposite edge 18 of the key slopesgradually toward the lower end of the key and engages posts 10 at theupper ends of slots 11. It will thus be seen that by forcing the tapermgkey down into slots 11 the hinge will be held securely in position uponelements 10 andmaintamed rigidly against the amb.

When it. is desired to take down the door, a gentle blow with a hammerat the smaller end of key 12 will release it from its bind ingengagement with posts 10 and the hinge face.v The key may then be drawnout of slots 11 and the hinge slipped off of posts 10. rosts 10 may, ofcourse, be allowed to remainin position in the jamo for use during thenext. season. The use of screws in oldholes inthe door jamb, in theusual manner, with the consequent tendency for the screws to work loose,or to rust to the hinge and break when it is attempted to remove them,is thus eliminated.

It will be understood that a single pair of posts and a key may be usedwith hinges of varying sizes. That is to say, as supporting elements 10are disconnected they may be employed with hinges having the screwopenings either close together or more removed. By inserting posts 10into the jamb to a depth tosuit the particular conditions, the properengagement between key and slotted posts may be readily secured. See,for example, Fig. 2, in which figure the lower of the two posts is shownas inserted farther into the jamb than the upper post.

It will also be understood that if desired the key may be made in morethan one piece and that diiferent'forms of securing elements or postsmay be employed. In Fig. 3, forv example, I have shown a screw-threadedelement 19 having parallel sides above its threaded portion and madewithout a tool-engaging groove. In Fig. 5 I have shown element 20 asprovided with barbs 21. It may be driven into the jamb and given aquarter turn by engaging a leverin slot 11, to increase the grippingeflect of the barbs. Element 19 may, of course, be turned in the sameway. The application to the post of an adhesive substance such as cementserves still further to maintain it rigidly in position.

What I claim is 1. Means for securing a hinged or similar device inoperative position, comprising a slotted post for insertion in the jambor similar structure, and a key engageable in said slot, as and for thepurpose specified.

2. v Hinge securing means, comprising posts adapted to project outwardlyfrom the j amb or similar structure through the hinge, and a retainingelement having a wedging engagement with said posts, for shearing thehinge in the operative position relatively to the jamb or similarstructure.

3. Means for securing a hinged device in operative position, comprisingindependently movable slotted elements adapted to pass through thescrew-receiving openings of the hinge and a key fitting in said slots,above the face of the hinge.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a hingehaving openings therein, of independently adjustable securing elementsadapted to extend within said openings, and cooperating retaining meanshaving a Wedging; engagement with said securing elements, formaintaining the hinge in required position.

' 5. In a device of the character described, the combination with ahinge having openings therethrough, of independently adjust-' ableslotted securing elements adapted to project through said openings, theslots in said elements being laterally elongated in line with thelongitudinal axes of said elee ments, and a tapered key conforming incross-section to the contour of the slots, for engaging in said slotsand bearing at separated points upon the hinge.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of slottedhinge-supporting posts and a flat key adapted to engage within saidslots, on edge, and to bear against the hinge, the key having a wedgingengagement between slotted posts and hinge.

7. Means for supporting a standard hinge in desired position directlyagainst the j amb or similar structure, comprising hinge-supportingposts adapted to be connected rigidly to the jamb or similar structureand to project through the screw-receiving openings of the hinge, andmeans engaging said posts to maintain the hinge in desired positionrelatively thereto.

8. Means for supporting a standard hinge in desired position directlyagainst the jamb or similar structure, comprising hinge-sup portingposts, disconnected and independently movable with respect to eachother, adapted to be connected rigidly to the j amb or similarstructure, and a cooperating retaining element disconnected from thehinge, for engagement with the posts above the face of the hinge.

BENJAMIN C. POTTS.

WVitnesses:

HOWARD S. OKIE, MAE HOFMAN N.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,163,769, grantedDecember 14,

1915, upon the application of Benjamin C. Potts, of Media, Pennsylvania,for an improvement in Hinge-Supports, an error appears in the printedspecification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 14, claim 2,for the word shearing read securing; and that the said Letters Patentshould be read with this correction therein that the same may conform tothe record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 18th day of January, A. D., 1916.

' J. T. NEWTON,

[SEAL] Acting Commissioner of Patents. Cl. l6-106.

